EA Response to ASA Statement

On April 8, 2014, the American Statistical Association released the “ASA Statement on Using Value-Added Models for Educational Assessment.” In the PDF attachment below, we provide comments on the ASA statement and provide examples from our work at the Value-Added Research Center and Educational Analytics Inc. with districts and their stakeholders on the development and implementation of value-added models. We also provide a list of resources that provide additional information on these issues.

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CCSA partners with EA to implement Academic Growth over Time value-added estimates for charter schools across California. EA also provided school reports, training materials consisting of a series of short web-based videos, and presented at the CCSA Annual Conference.